More Proof

In the last two weeks I have had three people tell me that running is bad for me. Two told me my knees are going to be ruined and a third told me that it has been proven that walking is much better for your heart. I don't really run for the same reasons as many of you, its mostly social, but I love the physical side effects. :) So here's another study that proves running won't kill me!

According to a recent Copenhagen City Heart study, jogging less than two hours per week can add years to your life.

The Copenhagen City Heart study started in 1976, around the time that the jogging boom happened, and followed 20,000 men and women, aged 20 to 98. Of the group, there were 1,116 male joggers and 768 female joggers. When their mortality rates were compared with the main group, the men lived 6.2 years longer than non-joggers, and women 5.6 years longer. Even crazier? The amount of exercise needed to drastically increase your lifespan isn't much at all. Just one to two and a half hours per week, split over two or three sessions.

Sure, folks who at least make the effort to run a little bit every week might also be taking care of themselves in other ways. The lesson? Stop being such a lazy turd. Or if you're already pretty active, you are probably going to live to be older than your lazy turd friends. Really, though, rippling abdominals aside, five or six years tacked on to the end of your life for a few hours' worth of effort a week is a pretty good deal.

I especially love the part that says one to two and a half hours per week will drastically increase my lifespan. I can do that.